2 Samuel 19:23
And the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And he swore to him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:10And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, “As the Lord lives, nothing evil will befall you because of this matter.”
2 Samuel 16:10And the king said: “What is it to me and to all of you, O sons of Zeruiah? Permit him, so that he may curse. For the Lord has commanded him to curse David. And who is the one who would dare to say, ‘Why has he done so?’”
1 Kings 2:37For on whatever day you will have departed and crossed the torrent Kidron, know that you shall be put to death. Your blood will be upon your own head.”
Hebrews 6:16For men swear by what is greater than themselves, and an oath as confirmation is the end of all their controversy.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:17-24
David Pardons Shimei. ( b. c. 1023.) 16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. 17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. 18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king,… Read the whole commentary →